In an op-ed, CEP Executive Director David Ibsen writes: "The battle against terrorism in Europe is fought in schools, prisons, homes, and communities across the continent. It is being fought online and in real life by governments, companies, and...

Congress interrogated Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg for two days this week over his company’s privacy policies—and its apparent inability to prevent the misuse of its social media platform by some promoting hatred, terrorism or political...

How successful Facebook has been at finding and eliminating terrorist propaganda from its platform is still up for debate. Facebook and other social media companies were chastised by the British Parliament in a 2017 report for “failing to remove...

Artificial intelligence will solve Facebook’s most vexing problems, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg insists. He just can’t say when, or how. The company has said that advances in AI have helped it remove thousands of fake accounts and “find...

CEP Spokesperson Tara Maller discusses the continuing problem of extremist and terrorist content on Facebook, contradicting the false claims made by CEO Mark Zuckerberg during his Congressional testimony.

Facing hours of sharp questioning in Congress over his company’s privacy practices and its response to Russian election meddling, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg repeatedly argued on Tuesday that his company is engaged in an “arms race” with Moscow...

Soon, we might not be able to believe our own ears.New technologies for creating faked audio are evolving quickly in the era of active information campaigns and their use of "fake news." There are a limited number of distinct sounds in the human...

Counter Extremism Project Senior Advisor Dr. Henry Farid discusses the importance of removing online extremist content. “The advertisers who fuel Silicon Valley need to think long and hard about whether they want to be on these platforms.and what...

A KPMG study commissioned by RUSI last year, analyzing the illicit cigarette market in the European Union, Norway and Switzerland, revealed that more than 9% of all cigarettes consumed in Europe in 2016 were illegal. This does not come as a surprise...

For computer scientist Hany Farid, developing image analysis tools that can stop illegal content online is not enough. He says we all need to take responsibility, not least the companies that lobby and lie hard. "We've been running full steam ahead...